# syrian-civil-war - Monday 16 April, 2018
World leaders are dealing with the fallout of airstrikes ordered following an alleged chemical attack.
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# syrian-civil-war - Friday 13 April, 2018
The Syrian regime is accused of using chemical weapons in an attack on Saturday.
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# syrian-civil-war - Thursday 12 April, 2018
Western countries are mulling retaliation over the weekend’s gas attack in eastern Ghouta.
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# syrian-civil-war - Tuesday 10 April, 2018
The United States, backed by Britain and France, has said it is ready to act with or without support from the United Nations.
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# syrian-civil-war - Thursday 22 February, 2018
fter two weeks of negotiations, Russia today told the UN Security Council that there was still no agreement on a 30-day ceasefire in Syria.
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# syrian-civil-war - Wednesday 21 February, 2018
At least 67 children were among those killed this week.
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# syrian-civil-war - Tuesday 20 February, 2018
Bombardment on today killed 106 civilians, including 19 children, according to a war monitor.
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# syrian-civil-war - Tuesday 26 December, 2017
They say that Moscow has failed to pressure Bashar Assad, to end the conflict.
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# syrian-civil-war - Wednesday 6 September, 2017
The group is credited with saving tens of thousands of lives in war-ravaged Syria.
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# syrian-civil-war - Friday 24 March, 2017
Damascus has settled on a clear strategy for a military solution, and has been brutally and successfully executing it, writes Derek O’Rouke
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# syrian-civil-war - Friday 17 March, 2017
In an unusual move, the Israeli army confirmed the raid took place.
# syrian-civil-war - Wednesday 15 March, 2017
Assad’s popularity is a narrative that has been marginalised in the West, but that doesn’t make it any less vital to bringing an end to the terrible war in my country, writes Antoine Bakhash with the help of Eimhin O’Reilly.
# syrian-civil-war - Saturday 11 March, 2017
Attacks are rare in the Syrian government stronghold.
# syrian-civil-war - Tuesday 14 February, 2017
The UN’s last humanitarian access to the four towns was in November.
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# syrian-civil-war - Friday 23 December, 2016
The battle lasted nearly four and a half years, turning the city into a worldwide symbol of bloodshed and devastation.
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# syrian-civil-war - Thursday 22 December, 2016
The General Assembly resolution was co-sponsored by Ireland and 57 other countries.
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# syrian-civil-war - Saturday 17 December, 2016
The Syrian regime has suspended the evacuation of civilians and fighters from the city’s last rebel-held areas.
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# syrian-civil-war - Friday 9 December, 2016
The Syrian Army said it has halted bombing yesterday.
# syrian-civil-war - Wednesday 7 December, 2016
Government and allied forces now hold over 75% of east Aleppo, a rebel bastion since 2012.
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# syrian-civil-war - Tuesday 6 December, 2016
Aleppo in Syria is the centre of fierce fighting.
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# syrian-civil-war - Monday 5 December, 2016
# syrian-civil-war - Tuesday 18 October, 2016
Russian and Syrian air forces have stopped bombing Aleppo as of 7am this morning, Russia’s defence minister said.
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# syrian-civil-war - Sunday 16 October, 2016
Once the second city of Syria, much of Aleppo has been destroyed by four years of non-stop fighting.
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# syrian-civil-war - Saturday 15 October, 2016
“To save one life is to save all of humanity”.
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# syrian-civil-war - Monday 3 October, 2016
The announcement came as the US and Russia called off ceasefire talks.
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# syrian-civil-war - Sunday 2 October, 2016
A US-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, backed by some Irish and British fighters, forced out Isis last month.
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# syrian-civil-war - Thursday 22 September, 2016
The outgoing US president has cited the Syrian Civil War as one of his most difficult challenges in government.
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# syrian-civil-war - Monday 19 September, 2016
A week-long ceasefire came to an end today with “non-stop” bombardment in some areas.
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# syrian-civil-war - Friday 16 September, 2016
IRC chief executive David Miliband says the study shows the vast majority of Europeans have “not lost their hearts”.
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# syrian-civil-war - Wednesday 24 August, 2016
Nawras and Moaz were joined at the chest, with hearts sharing the same sac.
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# syrian-civil-war - Saturday 6 August, 2016
The developments have rocked the key northern province of Aleppo, a microcosm of Syria’s chaotic multi-front war.
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# syrian-civil-war - Wednesday 20 July, 2016
The leaders of the rebel group involved called the act a “violation”.
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# syrian-civil-war - Sunday 5 June, 2016
The civil war in Syria has gone on for five years.
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# syrian-civil-war - Tuesday 3 May, 2016
There have been over 300 airstrikes on the Syrian city of Aleppo in the last ten days.
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# syrian-civil-war - Sunday 14 February, 2016
Aleppo in Syria is under heavy attack by government forces. What does this mean for the rebels and the civilians inside?
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# syrian-civil-war - Sunday 13 September, 2015
Ghandi Mallak thinks Irish citizenship is “an honour not an entitlement”. He is upset it has taken European politicians so long to help Syrian people.
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# syrian-civil-war - Tuesday 15 July, 2014
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Around 150,000 people have died in the three-year Syrian conflict.
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# syrian-civil-war - Wednesday 7 May, 2014
Homs was once the “capital of the revolution”. Now it is back in the hands of Bashar Assad.
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# syrian-civil-war - Friday 7 February, 2014
A three-day cease-fire is underway that will allow an evacuation by humanitarian agencies.
# syrian-civil-war - Friday 23 August, 2013
The attacks happened in the city of Tripoli. It’s reported a number of children are among the dead.
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